diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/bleu.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/bleu.py
index 82f9684..5a34039 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/bleu.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/bleu.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ def _bleu_compute(
             bleu_n_outs_sents[f"bleu_1_to_{n}"] = bleu_1_to_n_scores
 
         bleu_n_outs = bleu_n_outs_corpus, bleu_n_outs_sents
-
         return bleu_n_outs
     else:
         return bleu_n_score
diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/meteor.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/meteor.py
index e395a6d..f1ed8d0 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/meteor.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/meteor.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def meteor(
             "meteor": meteor_scores,
         }
         meteor_outs = meteor_outs_corpus, meteor_outs_sents
-        return meteor_outs
+        return meteor_outs  # type: ignore
     else:
         return meteor_score
 
diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/rouge_l.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/rouge_l.py
index f23ae79..0af1d83 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/rouge_l.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/rouge_l.py
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ def _rouge_l_compute(
         rouge_l_outs_sents = {
             "rouge_l": rouge_l_scores_pt,
         }
-        return rouge_l_outs_corpus, rouge_l_outs_sents
+        rouge_l_outs = rouge_l_outs_corpus, rouge_l_outs_sents
+        return rouge_l_outs  # type: ignore
     else:
         return rouge_l_score_pt
 
diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/sbert_sim.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/sbert_sim.py
index e73cbce..5adf67e 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/sbert_sim.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/sbert_sim.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def sbert_sim(
         sbert_sim_outs_sents = {
             "sbert_sim": sbert_sim_scores,
         }
-
-        return sbert_sim_outs_corpus, sbert_sim_outs_sents
+        sbert_sim_outs = sbert_sim_outs_corpus, sbert_sim_outs_sents
+        return sbert_sim_outs  # type: ignore
     else:
         return sbert_sim_score
 
diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/spice.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/spice.py
index 5e1c083..6beeea9 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/spice.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/spice.py
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ def spice(
         spice_outs_sents = {
             "spice": spice_scores,
         }
-        return spice_outs_corpus, spice_outs_sents
+        spice_outs = spice_outs_corpus, spice_outs_sents
+        return spice_outs
     else:
         return spice_score
 
diff --git a/src/aac_metrics/functional/vocab.py b/src/aac_metrics/functional/vocab.py
index ff5b3cb..2782704 100644
--- a/src/aac_metrics/functional/vocab.py
+++ b/src/aac_metrics/functional/vocab.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def vocab(
             "vocab.ratio_avg": vocab_len_ratio_avg,
         }
 
-    return corpus_scores, sents_scores
+    vocab_outs = corpus_scores, sents_scores
+    return vocab_outs  # type: ignore
 
 
 def _corpus_vocab(tok_sents: list[list[str]], dtype: torch.dtype) -> Tensor: